The famous Belgian multi-genre music festival has been voted world’s no. 1 in the DJ Mag Top 100 Festivals poll 2022.
There are few things that come close to the spectacle that Tomorrowland has been putting up for nearly two decades. They have now been recognized as the best music festival, ahead of big names like Glastonbury, Coachella and Ultra Music Festival.
A poll conducted by British dance music magazine DJ Mag received over 100,000 verified votes from October 5-26, 2022. The poll was conducted for the first time since 2019, with DJ Mag extending the awards from top 50 to top 100 this year.
Founded by two brothers, Manu and Michiel Beers in 2005, Tomorrowland started as a party of under 1000 party goers; and in just under ten years since its inception, it has become the biggest representation of dance music in the world, hosting the biggest and most prodigious talents in the scene.
Speaking about the win, Michiel Beers said, “The start of 2022 was challenging. Until February, it was still uncertain if Tomorrowland Winter was going to happen or would get cancelled for the third time in row. In the meantime, we were preparing for a very necessary third weekend of Tomorrowland in Belgium, but getting all permits in place was not a given.”
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It’s no secret that festivals and clubs suffered since the outset of the pandemic in 2020, but Tomorrowland continued pushing boundaries by hosting virtual versions of the festival for two years before returning for the big blow-out in 2022. The comeback event brought 600,000 visitors from 200 countries while hosting its Winter edition in L’Alpe d’Huez in France.
“After two unprecedented years and enormous losses, there was absolutely no room for any failure in 2022. But we always kept believing, in our passionate team, the people of Tomorrow, all artists, partners and suppliers all over the world. We never let go of hope and continued to write our stories with healthy ambition, big dreams and positive vibes,” added Michiel Beers.
The poll is set to return in the month of April this year. Until then, here is the full list of the top 100 music festivals:
1. Tomorrowland, Belgium
2. Ultra Music Festival, USA
3. EDC Las Vegas, USA
4. Creamfields North, UK
5. Exit, Serbia
6. Glastonbury, UK
7. Awakenings, Netherlands
8. Coachella, USA
9. Untold, Romania
10. Sunburn, India
11. World Club Dome, Germany
12. Kappa FuturFestival, Italy
13. Lollapalooza, USA
14. Sónar, Spain
15. Parklife, UK
16. Timewarp, Germany
17. Parookaville, Germany
18. Burning Man, USA
19. Dekmantel, Netherlands
20. Mysteryland, Netherlands
21. Monegros, Spain
22. Defqon 1, Netherlands
23. Electronic Love, Austria
24. Boomtown, UK
25. Sziget, Romania
26. Primavera Sound, Spain
27. BBF: Barcelona Beach Festival, Spain
28. Balaton Sounds, Hungary
29. Bonnaroo, USA
30. Loveland, Netherlands
31. Melt!, Germany
32. AMF, Netherlands
33. Electric Zoo, USA
34. DGTL, Netherlands
35. Lovefest, Serbia
36. Hideout, Croatia
37. Crssd Festival, San Diego, USA
38. Echelon, Germany
39. La Plages Electronique, France
40. MEO Sudoeste, Portugal
41. Sonus, Croatia
42. A Summer Story, Spain
43. Transmission, Australia
44. Ultra Europe, Croatia
45. Outlook, Croatia
46. Electric Nation Graz, Austria
47. Nameless Music Festival, Italy
48. Neopop, Portugal
49. Lollapalooza Brazil, Brazil
50. EDC Orlando, USA
51. NEVERSEA Festival, Romania
52. Boom Festival, Portugal
53. Movement Music Festival, USA
54. AVA Festival, UK
55. Dimensions, Croatia
56. Love International, Croatia
57. Family Piknik, France
58. Ravolution Music Festival, Vietnam
59. Snowbombing, Austria
60. 808 Festival, Thailand
61. EDC Mexico, Mexico
62. Panorama Festival, Italy
63. DWP, Indonesia
64. AMP Lost & Found, Malta
65. Nibirii, Germany
66. Defected Croatia, Croatia
67. ZoukOut, Singapore
68. Creamfields Chile, Chile
69. Lost Village, UK
70. Veld Music Festival, Canada
71. Tomorrowland Winter, France
72. NEON Countdown, Thailand
73. We Are Fstvl, UK
74. Ultra Japan, Japan
75. Oasis Into The Wild, Morocco
76. Blacklist, Germany
77. S2O Taiwan
78. Houghton, UK
79. Airbeat One, Germany
80. Ultra Korea, Korea
81. Terminal V, UK
82. Nocturnal Wonderland, USA
83. Field Day Australia, Australia
84. Dominator, Netherlands
85. Holy Ship!, USA
86. ION Festival, Albania
87. Field Day, UK
88. Sunandbass, Italy
89. BEON1X, Cyprus
90. ARC Music Festival, USA
91. Anjunadeep Explorations, Albania
92. Lightning in a Bottle, USA
93. Secret Garden Party, UK
94. Electric Forest, USA
95. Outlook UK, UK
96. All Points East, UK
97. Time Warp, Brazil
98. FLY Open Air, UK
99. Hard Summer, USA
100. Don’t Let Daddy Know Amsterdam, Netherlands
